1. PURPOSE
Building Resilience in Military Children and their Families
Ilija Karafiloski
Geraldine V. Oades-Sese, Ph.D.
Project C.O.M.B.A.T. (Children
Overcoming Military Based Adversities
Together) mission is to create materials
that will be able to help teachers,
nurses, psychologists, and social
workers better support the needs of
military families and their children.
These include active duty, reserves,
National Guard, and veterans.
Ø I would like to thank my preceptor
Dr. Geraldine V. Oades-Sese for
allowing me to work with her on this
amazing project.
Ø I would also like to thank my
internship coordinator, Kamila
Pavezzi for her guidance and
support.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
METHODOLOGY
SIGNIFICANCE
OUTCOMES
Background photo by Flickr user: https://www.flickr.com/photos/112081086@N07/
Ø Approximately 43.2% of active duty
members are 25 years old or
younger, and nearly half have
children.
Ø There are about 1.2 million
American school-aged military
children with either one or both
parents active in the forces.
Ø Over 80% of military children attend
civilian public schools.
Ø Military children are different than
civilian children because on average
they will move 6-9 times through
their K-12 grade education.
Ø Frequent and unpredictable moves
can interrupt children’s lives and
spouse’s career.
Ø Children who have a deployed
military parent are at-risk for
developing internalizing problems
such as depression, anxiety,
aggressive behaviors, academic and
social problems.
Ø Overall ratings of 131 participants
regarding Project COMBAT
materials were excellent.
Ø Project COMBAT training
workshops were rated excellent.
Ø Participants rated their overall
knowledge gained from the
workshop as excellent.
Ø Currently, we are evaluating the
impact of the educational training
workshops on participants’ pre- and
post knowledge, professional
practices, outreach to military
families, and military child and
family outcomes.
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OverallRatingofMaterials
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Questions 1 - 12
Training Evaluation Mean Results
Participants:
Ø Participants consisted of 166 school
professionals (29.5% school
counselors, 39.2% social workers/
family advocates, 19.3% teachers,
4.2% site supervisors, 4.2%
administrators, 2.4%
psychologists, .6% nurses and .6%
department chairman) from
Newark-based schools.
Measures:
Ø Post-Training Evaluation Form.
Statistical Analysis:
Ø Descriptive Statistics.